Patterson is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2010 and has since faded.
Patterson is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #11,654 for boy births in the United States (and #24,061 across all names), given to 6 babies. Patterson was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 2013 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,654 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,523 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,376 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,056 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,490 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,744 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,773 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,675 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #18,557 | #7,416 |
| 2013 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,581 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,415 |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,372 |
| 2010 | 19 | 19 | #19,141 | #6,288 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,814 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,137 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,606 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,297 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | #18,480 | #12,845 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,732 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,427 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,799 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,884 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,389 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,861 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | — | #8,596 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #15,125 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | — | — | #7,849 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | — | #7,655 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | — | #7,022 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | — | #5,321 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | — | #6,312 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #6,069 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | — | #5,673 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,289 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,586 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | — | #4,295 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | — | #3,221 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | — | #3,926 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,580 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | — | #3,572 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | — | #3,220 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | — | #3,192 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | — | #3,834 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | — | #2,404 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | — | #2,857 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | — | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | — | #3,246 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | — | #2,568 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | — | #3,039 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,436 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | — | #2,430 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | — | #3,924 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,888 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | — | #2,453 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | — | #2,624 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | — | #2,503 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #4,193 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | — | #3,516 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | — | #3,182 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | — | #3,626 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | — | #3,654 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | — | #2,897 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | — | #3,784 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | — | #3,430 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | — | #4,646 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | — | #3,619 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | — | #2,893 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | — | #2,591 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,815 |